Beef-holder.



H. WIDDUWSON. BEEF HOLDER.

(Application filed Sept. 28, 1901.)

(No Model.)

Patented Jne l0, |902. l

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

H ARoLD wIDDowsoN, oF HYDaENeLAND.

BEEF-HOLDER.' I

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 701,976, dated J' une10, 1902.' Application filed September 28, A1901. Serial No. 76,918. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, HAROLDWIDDoWsoN, a subject. of the King of GreatBritain, residing at Hyde, in the county of Cheshire, Eng# land, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Beef-Holders, of whichthe following is a full and complete specification, such as will enablethose skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

The object of this invention is to provide improved means or devices forholding a beef or other animal while the latter is being skinned ordressed, a further object being to provide means or devices for thesepurposes which may be used onai'loor or on the ground without beingsecured to the floor or ground, said means or devices being simple inconstruction and operation and comparatively inexpensive; and with theseand other objects in view the invention consists in devices of the classspecified and constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings forming part of this speciiication, in which theseparate parts of my improvement are designated by the same referencecharacters in each of the views, Figure 1 is a view showing theoperation of the device or devices which 'I employ; and Fig. 2, a sideview of said device or devices connected as when in use, part of theconstruction bel ing shown in section.

In the practice of my invention, reference being made to Fig. 2 of theaccompanying drawings, I provide a :flat plate or bar A of suitablelength, which is provided at a predetermined distance from one end witha handle-lever B, which is slotted at one end and pivotally connectedwith a lug or projection D, formed on the plate or bar A, thisconnection being made by a bolt or pin C, and piv- `oted in the-slot D2,as shownat E, is a pawl F, which operates in transverse notches orrecesses G, for'rned'in the said end of the plate or bar A. The plate orbar A is provided at or near the opposite end with a plurality. ofopenings H," and VI also provide an attachable rod or bar J, which isprovided,

. preferably at both ends and at one side,with

a projecting tooth K and at the opposite side with a shoulder projectionL, and said rod or bar J is adapted to be connected with the Thehandle-lever ,B nilay aisebeheid at any desired angie with 1 referenceto the plate'or bar A, as it will be readily understood, andtheoperation will be apparent from ythe foregoing description when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the following statementthereof, and said handle-lever is alsof detachable from said plate orbar. v v

In operating this apparatus or device a carcass of the beef or otheranimal is placed transversely ot' the plate or bar A, as shown in Fig.1,' or said plate or bar is passed beneath said carcass and the latteris turned against one of the supports formed by the handle lever orbar Band by= the rod or bar J and is held in an inclined position by said rodor bar, while the side of saidfcarcass opposite said support is skinnedordressed, after which the carcass is turned so as to rest in aninclined position against the opposite support, when the other side ofsaid carcass may which the workman'is operating may be low- I ered orremoved, as will be readily understood.

This apparatus-or device may be secured to a lioor, if desired, or tothe ground, and it will be apparent that changes in and modiications ofthe construction herein described may be made without departing from thespirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is r l. The herein-described devicecomprising a plate or support and a plurality of bars or supplementalsupports adapted to be connected therewith at ornearitsopposite `endsand to be held in an inclined position, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. The herein-described device comprising a plate or support, a barpivotally connected therewith at one end and adapted to be held in aninclined position and another bar adapted to be connected therewith ator near the opposite end and to be held in an inclinedl position,substantially as shown and deand to be held in an inclined position,subscribed. stantially as shown and described.

3. The herein-described device comprising In testimony that I claim theforegoing as a plate or support, a bar pivotally connected my inventionI have signed my name,in prestherewith adjacent to one end thereof andence of the subscribing Witnesses, this 17th I5 provided with a pivotedpaWl operating in day of September, 1901.

connection with transverse notches or 1e- HAROLD VIDDOIVSON. cessesformed in said plate or support and Witnesses: another bar adapted to beconnected with the THOMAS BARDSLEY,

:o plate or support at 0r near the opposite end EDWARD RICHARDS.

